Updated / Thursday, 22 Apr 2021
17:19
Tralee native John Faulkner went on trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court earlier this week
A getaway driver who was part of a gang who went to rob the home of an elderly couple after they went to mass only to find gardaí lying in wait when they broke into the property, has been jailed for 12 years.
Tralee native John Faulkner, 38, went on trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court earlier this week in connection with a robbery at a home belonging to a couple in their 80s in Freemont, Charleville, Co Cork on 19 October 2019.
His defence team had claimed that Faulkner could have been dropping off two men to visit friends.
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Getaway driver for gang that targeted elderly couple and was involved in chase that ended in crash jailed for 12 years. File photogrph: Niall Carson/PA
A getaway driver who was part of a gang who went to rob the home of an elderly couple while they attended mass, only to find gardaí lying in wait for them inside the property has been jailed for twelve years.
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